If you had asked my 16 year old self to run a 10K. She would have laughed in your face. She was busy with speech, choir, band, and playing horrible basketball. Why run when not being chased?
If you had asked my 20 year old self to run a 10K. She would have laughed in your face. I'm too busy hanging out with my friends to do other stuff. I barely made it to the gym otherwise. There were daily games to be played, homework to do, and sleeping late to be done.
If you had asked my 30 year old self to run a 10K. I would have laughed at you. Now, in my defense, 30 year old me had new baby. I was trying to get back into shape. At least 30, I understood that I exercise could be fun and that exercise equals eating more cookies with less guilt. I myself and running as an example when teaching Health Psychology of how I would never run.
What a difference 2 years makes...
Well, I get the joy of running now. I like just shutting it all off and going. Just like from any exercise, I get the energy from just doing it. I love exercise. I am probably healthier now than I was at 20. I can definitely push my body harder- whether it is weights, running, or a class.
So it is summer and while summer is a time of relaxation to me summer is a time to get your head on straight. Figure out what you want, devise a plan of how to get there so I've been reflecting lately.
1) Find next year's race. I really enjoyed doing the 10K at the Fargo Marathon. It was wild. Now I would happily run it again next year, but it is the same day as graduation (which I can't miss). So I need to find a different race (hopefully, my running friend will come with me!). Now comes the idea of what to run. So we believed we wouldn't want to run a half marathon, but after running the 10K it does not seem so far off from possible. After our race we discussed, a 2 year plan leading to the half. We shall see. I am toying with running the 10K at the Fargo Mini Marathon on October 19 (registration is $30 until 7/14). Hey running friend, we'll talk. I really like a goal. For example, right now I am working on sprinting and speed drills for a Zombie 5K in July.
2) Recovery. So I know I don't take the best care of my body with pre-workout stretching or in the post-workout stretch. I try and I do stretch, but sometimes my body just feels like I'm not giving it the recharge/stretch that it wants. So this year, I'm going to figure this out. Maybe a weekly yoga class. Maybe longer scheduled stretching. May sneaking in more stretching throughout my day.
3) Keeping it fresh. I want to spend at least one day a week in an exercise class. I like have somebody boss me around. It forces me to push myself and do things I would not want to do on my own.
4) Reading. I didn't have much downtown this last semester. And I'll be honest, I'm still suffering the ill effects of that. I'm not feeling the "recharge" of summer yet and considering it is June that's not cool. So tonight I read, a mindless book, one I've read before and it was glorious. I need to find a night where I just curl up.
5) Bringing the ladies. I suck at taking time for myself. I do. I can admit that I suffer from working mom guilt. So I need to find a few hours to be around my female friends. This summer we have a plan to have kid hang out time, but I'm hoping to find a time during the school year too.
6) Food. Goal one. Show little miss that you can choose more than peanut butter and jelly. How through patience? Following a more compacted menu instead of always eating something very different each week. Goal two. Keep us on the healthier side. I want to up my veggies and control my snacking/desserts. Oh how I love sweeties. People think I joke about the whole exercise for cookies things. NOT A JOKE!
7) The Joy. I need to remember the daily joy that I have. I get caught up in the have to's and the I didn't get that done's. Today, husband and I got a hat fashion show from the Miss. She grabbed a hat, then came over to us, would spin at Daddy's request, and then head of to get the next hat. It was adorable.
I think that's all I've got for now, but it's alot.
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